Russian names shortlist - What do you think?

[anyagoogle]

Right I come from a Russian family and have a very very russian name. OH has a very very English name and has always hated having such a common name (esp his surname) so any DCs will have my surname.

But we still want soon to arrive DC1 to have a Russian name but one that can equally be sort of english sounding.

So what do you think:

Girls

Elena
Zoya
Yekaterina
Sofiya
Larisa
Nataliya

Boys

Alexandr
Alexei
Daniil
Dmitry
Ivan

[MustControlFistOfDeath]

Elena - v nice
Zoya - reminds me of Soya
Yekaterina - hmm no, 1st word association thought was yukaterina
Sofiya - like this (Zofia is 1st choice if we ever have DD)
Larisa - don't like but only because I know someone with this name
Nataliya - ok

Alexandr - good choice
Alexei - no no no Alexei Sayle! Yikes!
Daniil - reminds me of Dannii Minougue
Dmitry - don't like
Ivan - Ivan the Terrible

[Northernlurker]

Elena - bit dull tbh
Zoya - doesn't do much for me
Yekaterina - I love the sound of this but I reckon it's a bit too quirky for the English audience - nobody will EVER spell it right etc.
Sofiya- pretty - but Sophie and Sophia are both fairly common in England
Larisa - Like this
Nataliya - and this


I also like Olga and Tatiana



Alexandr - also bit dull - would you call him Sacha though - because I think that is nice.
Alexei - trying too hard
Daniil - see above for Yekaterina
Dmitry - makes me think of spies for some reason
Ivan - I agree - the Terrible? Come on!

Friends have a Nikolai - I like that. Also Mischa - is that the diminuitive of Michael?

[GlaikitFizzogOnaNeepyLantern]

Ooh I really like Zoya,easy to spell easy to pronounce even if you've never heard it beofre. when I saw the thread I thought of Anastasia. For boys I'd go with Dmitry or alexei

[riksti]

Are you planning to use the Russian pronunciations? Cause some of them would be pronounced differently in Russian and in English, I think. That's how we made our decision, picked a name that would have a similar pronunciation in both languages.
I like Nataliya, can't decide on boys' names

[anyagoogle]

northern we would probably go Shurik or Shura for Alexandr. DSis uses Sacha.
And OH wants it as Alexandr I would much prefer Aleksandr as I think people would just assume there was a e in it an write it with one.
I thought of Ivan Bunin, not the terrible, but there was the great one as well ;)

[anyagoogle]

Oh and definatly can't have anything Ana-/Anna- like.
riksti we kind of thought we would do Russian pronounciation - if they are russian name why not , I've never had a problem using russian pro with my name (but then it is a known russian name here). But suppose if the pronounciations were similar would probably be better.
northern Misha is a Mikhail which is my DDad so can't have that

[anyagoogle]

Shit - DSis is Sasha not Sacha damn touchscreen (I will preview, I will preview, I will preview)

[someRaaRaaplease]

Elena - erm
Zoya - really like
Yekaterina - Love it but maybe not if you don't want something v. russian
Sofiya - Sophie etc is ppular
Larisa - love it
Nataliya - okay

Boys

Alexandr - I like it and would be with you on the Aleksandr and I like Shurik and Shura
Alexei - nope
Daniil - like it
Dmitry - reminds me of disney so yes.
Ivan - Cameron so nope.

[toffeefudgeanyone]

I like Zoya and Nataliya for a girl and Alexandr and Daniil for a boy

[tommyfools]

Zoya and Elena for a girl and I think Alexsandr for a boy

[winnybella]

MustControlFistOfDeath-are you Polish?

I like Elena,Sofiya,Nataliya and Zoya for a girl. Alexandr, Alexei or Ivan for a boy (oi, Turgenev was an Ivan as well, for example).

[frutilla]

Anastasia
Tatiana
Ludmilla
Ekaterina

[MustControlFistOfDeath]

winny dziendobry! I'm not, but DP is

[fivegomadindorset]

Anoushka

[anyagoogle]

Can't have anything with Ana-/Anna- in it. five in russian you basically never have diminutive names on BC (which ushka/oshka is.)
Tatiana reminds me of my bro first girlfriend my god she was a right slut.
Ludmilla I don't like

[blushingm]

i quite i Ivan!!!! but I like all your boys names

not so keen on the girls though - Larisa is pretty

Olga is nice too

what about
Alina
Viktoriya
Dariya
Lidiya
Florentina?

[Dutchie77]

Iryana
Medena

Boris
Kaspar
Loki